Lena Waithe has a special message that she hopes will “bring people together.”

In a PEOPLE exclusive video, The Chi creator, 34, premieres a short film called Rising for the Love Has No Labels campaign which aims at creating more inclusive communities.

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The short film follows people of different ethnicities and walks of life coming together in the immediate aftermath of a massive storm and challenges viewers to think about why it takes a disaster to bring human beings together.

At the beginning of the film, a boy raises an American flag as another man watches him with suspicion. The moment is witnessed by a young woman going on a run with her girlfriend and several other neighbors all of different ethnicities.